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What noises do Girls Aloud make besides from Ooh?

TOTP: Who makes the most distinctive noises in the band?
Nadine: Nicola is pretty expressive with her voice.
Nicola: Distinctive noises? Like "Wahhhh!"
TOTP: Yeah. Like that.
Cheryl: Nicola. And Kimberley sometimes as well.
Nicola: You know what's started to happen to me lately. If something happens, like I spill some drink or something, I go [makes noise like a male badger issuing a cautious mating call] "Ar-humpf!"
Kimberley: Yeah, we make stupid noises like that a lot. Like [makes noise like an elderly moose being pushed towards the edge of a cliff] "Er-oooooh!" It's very hard to explain.
TOTP: I'm no expert, but I'm getting a sense of frustration. there.
Kimberley: Yep. You got it.

TOTP: So the rest of you can tell what someone else is experiencing using these signals?
Kimberley: We only have to give one look and it's quite obvious what's going on. It's not even vocal anymore. It's just a look. Nicola will look at me and I will go, "Ah yep, clocked it."
TOTP: So you immediately know what will get on each other's nerves?
Cheryl: Yeah and it's a good job.
TOTP: What are they?
Kimberley: Well, if a certain type of person walks into a room, I'll know if they're gonna annoy certain people straight away, just by the way they are. It might be a thing they say or the way they stand.
Nadine: Yeah, like that guy in Ibiza. There was a guy in Ibiza recently, and we didn't even have to look at one another we just all knew that we hated this guy.
TOTP: Wow, a person that all of you can hate!
Kimberley: We've got a good, erm...
Nicola: We've got a good facial thing that we do, but we're not gonna tell you what it is, just in case...
TOTP: You hate my guts...
Nicola: Exactly. But we have this code, and if I look at Kimberley and do it, she knows. I hate this guy. But we haven't done it while you've been in the room.

TOTP: I should think not! Who's the worst at faking enthusiasm?
All but Nicola: Nicola. [Laughs].
Nicola: I just can't be fake. If I'm in a bad mood, I'm in a bad mood. I can't be like one of these people who are all "Hiiiii!" Having to do that puts me in a worse mood.
Kimberley: But when she's feeling really enthusiastic...

TOTP: ...You have to lash her down to the table. When do you know that someone isn't listening?
Sarah: You have to repeat stuff to Kimberley sometimes.
Kimberley: They think I've got this selective hearing thing...
Sarah: You do!
Kimberley: But really, I think I'm possibly a little bit deaf. That's my honest comeback for that one.
TOTP: Is it like, saying "pardon?" makes you remember what that person has said?
Kimberley: I know what you mean. Usually when someone asks a question I just assume they're not asking me.
Cheryl: I hate that, when you ask someone a question, and someone goes "What?", but you don't repeat the question and somehow they have the answer.
Kimberley: It's cos your brain takes that long to figure out that you're being asked a question.
Nicola: But, if I've half-heard anything, then they've immediately got my attention.
TOTP: Which means you're more alert or more polite.
Nicola: Or more nosy.

TOTP: Who makes the most noise when they're asleep?
Kimberley: [points to Cheryl] You were doing the weirdest thing the other night when you were asleep.
Cheryl: [Horrified] What? What was I doing?
Nadine: Maybe this isn't the best place to talk about this...
Kimberley: It was weird. You were lying on your back and you weren't speaking but you were doing this [makes a lip movement like a horse smiling]. I don't know what was going on in your mind but from out here, it looked well funny.

TOTP: Who is the most vocal about their enjoyment of something?
All but Sarah: Sarah.
Sarah: Huh?
TOTP: SARAH! Were you half listening there?
Sarah: Sorry.
Nicola: Definitely Sarah. If she was to spill this drink she'd be like [Shrieks].
TOTP: Ow.
Sarah: Yeah I'm a bit jumpy sometimes.
Kimberley: Oh come on. What about that ghost thing you did?
Sarah: Yeah, I was a ******* nervous wreck [laughs]. I was screaming at everything. Even the cat jumping on the bed. I was like [screams loudly].

TOTP: Do any of you snort while laughing?
Nadine: You can't help it sometimes. It's always embarrassing afterwards. And you're like "Ahem! Sorry about that."
Kimberley: We laugh a lot, but we try not to snort, dear. It's very unladylike.


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